The Education Commissioner
in Bayelsa State, Elder Markson Fefegha has commended Governor Henry Seriake
Dickson over the appointment of Prof. Christian Daniel Jacobs as Vice
Chancellor of University of Africa, Toru-Orua, reports ITRealms.
He also gave kudos to
Dickson for his choice of Dr. Ghalib Fahad as Dean, School of Foundation
Studies of the University.
According to him, choice
of the Vice-Chancellor and Dean has further reinforced the governor’s
commitment to establishing world class institutions to expand the frontiers of
knowledge as well as appointing versatile and renowned intellectuals, with a
penchant for quality service delivery and international best practice to
facilitate development in the Niger-Delta region.
He said with the
appointment of the duo, the University of Africa is set to take off as planned
this September and advised intending students, who are seeking quality
education to take advantage of the window of opportunity open to them.
Elder Fefegha pointed
out that, the university is not only ready and dedicated to changing the
erstwhile narrative of the region by offering qualitative education, but also
distinct in its vision of inculcating in our youths, the ability to transfer
their knowledge to capacity for sustainable development.
Dr. Ghalib Fahad (PhD) is an experienced academic who has spent
over thirty years in the United Kingdom educational sector, Director of various
Undergraduate and Post graduate programmes in Middlesex University Business
School, London, for over two decades.
He has a range of
administrative and external university experience and leadership. Supervised
several Doctorate Degrees and countless Master’s Degree Programmes.
Prof. Christian Daniel
Jacobs (D. Ed, PhD) is a renowned
international academic and researcher. He has more than forty years’ experience
in the tertiary domain at the University of Pretoria and the University of
Stellenbosch in South Africa. He is the previous Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Chrisland, Abeokuta, Ogun State. He is an author of numerous
textbooks with contributions in Educational Psychology, Entrepreneurship,
Quality Assurance and E-Learning. He was the study leader and promoter of forty
eight Masters’ Degree students and twenty three Doctoral students.
The education
commissioner also used the opportunity to commend Dickson for the appointment
of Prof. Timothy Epidi, as the new Provost of the Isaac Jasper Boro College of
Education, Sagbama.
Further, he expressed appreciation to the pioneer provost, Prof. Saviour Agoro, for his selfless
service and sacrifice in instilling moral and academic discipline in the
institution during his tenure and wished him well in his future endeavors,
while also urging the new provost to consolidate on the pioneering efforts of
academic excellence the outgoing provost has set.
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